The surviving members of the over 25s category took a break from rehearsals and headed to the Palace Theatre in London to watch the tale of two drag queens and a transsexual who put on a cabaret performance in the middle of the Australian desert.

Johnny has previously performed in drag and hasn’t ruled out wearing a dress on the X Factor, but for his night at the theatre the unemployed 45-year-old went for a relatively modest outfit consisting of a shirt and jeans accessorised with a pair of sunglasses.

Kitty, known for her outlandish dress sense, couldn’t resist attracting attention with a luminous pink feather boa and even Sami got in on the act with a green feather boa.

After the show the trio appeared to be in fine spirits, smiling for the cameras and posing with mentor Louis outside the theatre – a far cry from the picture painted by axed contestant Jonjo Kerr.

He claimed this week that the rest of the X Factor contestants are ‘f***ing sick’ of Kitty in the house, with her constant moaning and crying providing a particular source of resentment among the finalists.